NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 vs AMD Radeon R7 240

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 and AMD Radeon R7 240 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 98% higher boost clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • 14262.8x more texture fill rate: 222.5 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
  • 7.2x more pipelines: 2304 vs 320
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective) vs 1150 MHz
  • 16x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 85209 vs 5331
  • 17.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 232.933 vs 13.344
  • 12.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3728.135 vs 290.632
  • 19.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 24.872 vs 1.262
  • 6.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 136.223 vs 21.59
  • 16.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1011.233 vs 60.326
  • 12x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20206 vs 1688
  • Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 2342
  • 12x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20206 vs 1688
  • Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 2342
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 November 2018 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1545 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate 222.5 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective) vs 1150 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 85209 vs 5331
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 232.933 vs 13.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3728.135 vs 290.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 24.872 vs 1.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 136.223 vs 21.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1011.233 vs 60.326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20206 vs 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20206 vs 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 vs 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240

  • 3.2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 160 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 160 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 240

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
85209
5331
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
232.933
13.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3728.135
290.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.872
1.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
136.223
21.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1011.233
60.326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20206
1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20206
1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3353
Name NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 AMD Radeon R7 240
Geekbench - OpenCL 85209 5331
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 232.933 13.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3728.135 290.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 24.872 1.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 136.223 21.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1011.233 60.326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20206 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20206 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1873 0
PassMark - G3D Mark 902
PassMark - G2D Mark 274

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 AMD Radeon R7 240

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.0
Code name TU104 Oland
GCN generation Quadro RTX
Launch date 13 November 2018 8 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $69
Place in performance rating 211 1236
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Price now $49.99
Value for money (0-100) 24.92

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1545 MHz 780 MHz
Core clock speed 1005 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 222.5 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 14.24 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.119 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2304 320
Pixel fill rate 98.88 GPixel/s
Render output units 64
Texture fill rate 222.5 GTexel/s 15.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 13600 million 1,040 million
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops
Stream Processors 320

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 9.5 inches (241 mm) 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin N / A
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenCL 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 416.0 GB/s 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective) 1150 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 DDR3

Technologies

CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync